Xander Bogaerts misses a cycle by a single as the Padres roll past the Rockies 9-2
Bogaerts homered, tripled and doubled before striking out twice, and the Padres moved four games ahead in the wild-card race, the team said.
- On Thursday, San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts homered, tripled, and doubled in a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver, finishing a single shy of the cycle.
- Bogaerts spearheaded a seven-run second inning with a leadoff homer—his 12th of the season—and an RBI triple, providing the early offensive spark for San Diego.
- Seeking to become a Padres player to hit for a cycle, the veteran struck out looking and swinging in his final two at-bats on Thursday, falling one base hit short.
- The surging Padres have won 10 of 11 games, extending their lead to four games over idle Arizona for the final National League wild-card berth.
- Pitcher Michael King tossed six solid innings to secure the win, while the Rockies dropped their 10th loss in 11 games, remaining on pace for a 100-loss season.
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Xander Bogaerts misses a cycle by a single as the Padres roll past the Rockies 9-2
DENVER, Colorado.- With their 9-2 beat on the Rockies on Thursday afternoon, the Fathers extended to four games their advantage over the Diamondbacks in the fight for the National League Wild. The Fathers have won 10 of their last 11 games and had a 6-1 mark on their tour of San Francisco and Colorado. [...] La entrada Fathers imposes 9-2 on Rockies aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
'I wanted it bad': Bogaerts narrowly misses cycle on historic day
DENVER -- Xander Bogaerts got the hardest parts out of the way early. He homered to lead off the second inning on Thursday afternoon, then, after the Padres batted around, he tripled to cap a seven-run rally. In the fourth, he laced a double that one-hopped the left-center-field wall at
Xander Bogaerts connected a home run and a triple booster during a second seven-run inning to help the San Diego Fathers beat Colorado Rockies by 9-2 on Thursday.
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